Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-08-01
DaK0TA's WAR EXPLOITS.

Parker.
DAK0TA'S WAR EXPLOITS.
Arms and Announcements ssued by the
Government -HTuniti0ns Unaccounted
For.
The following appears in the special
Washington correspondence of the St
Paul Pioneer Press, under date of July
18th:
Gen. Benet, chief of ordnance, has
written u letter to Secretary McOor-
mack of Dakota, asking him to inform
Gov. CHURCH that ell arms and ordnance
stores now in possession OF the territory
of Dakota must be turned over to the
general government before any issue OF
new arms can be made to the territory
Under the law passed last winter to
credit the territory with amounts due
for arms. it was directed that before this
credit should be made all arms in posses.
sion of the territorial government should
be turned over. Gov. Church, when be LET,
here, was under the impression that
there was no ordinance stores in the
hands OF the government. 1t has been
since found that the war department
possesses the receipt of Gov. Faux oil
Dakota dated May 10, 1887 for LOCO
Smiths repeating oarbines and 100 ,00C
rounds cartridges for the same. Church
was also under the impression that stores
and arms had been issued to Gov. Ord
way, but there is no record
of issue in the department
Gov. Church is notified to return these
arms, or such of them as he a find to
the ordnance officer at Fort Abraham
Lincoln to rave freight. Until he does
SO the territory will stand debited with
about $35, 600 for supplies over
drawn and $27,650 value of the stores
! and arms mentioned above. When this
matter is closed up Dakota will be credi.
ted with $2,765. the $4,000 deficit de-
Quoted, and will have a little over $l9,-
600 to draw on for supplies for her mill
tia.
Relative to the distribution of arms
during the administration OF Governor
Faulk that gentleman was seen to-day
at his residence in this city. He say.
that in the year 1867 the settlers of Da
kota raised a regiment of cavalry to sup
press the Indian uprisings of that period
AS governor he issued requisition for
arms and Announcements for this regi'
ment and received from the government
| 1000 carbines, 1000 revolyers. 100 ,00(
rounds of ammunition, 1000 saddles ant
1000 brides. These he distributed
among the several organized counties o.
Dakota for the nse of the cavalry raised
for frontier defence. Governor Faulk ii
unable to say where these arms and go
c~outrements now are. The records oi
the TRANSACTIONS, acquisitions, receipts
etc, were turned over to his successor
Governor Burbank, and were afterwardI
shipped to the Indiana home o
that official. They appear tc
have disappeared completely
from public custody. The prop
erty, however, vas received, IS aboy,
stated, and used effectively in repellinl
an Indian uprising.
Governor Ordway succeeded in pro
curing from the general government o.
outfit of arms and equipments withou
giving q receipt. He always figure,
things that way If possible. Ii was alopi
in $780,, il memory serves correctly, thu
he received either 1000 or 1000 stand {
arms. We have forgotten the numbe'
Accompanying these arms we're aoooutre
ments and ammunition. The shipmen
was stored for a time in the milwaukee
depot here, awaiting payment of freigh
charges. They were then stored in room
in Pennington's block and afterwards i
rooms in Valentines block. The ammu
milton was placed in Wagner's magazine
The militia are now using some of thes
arms and announcements.